sacrifice

關於sacrifice的翻譯

犧牲,供俸,祭品 <<及物動詞>>犧牲,祭祀,賤賣 <<非及物動詞>>獻祭

sacrifice definition

1. personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
2. a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value
• examples: he had to sell his car at a considerable sacrifice
3. the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
4. (baseball) an out that advances the base runners
5. endure the loss of
• examples: He gave his life for his children
• examples: I gave two sons to the war
6. kill or destroy
• examples: The animals were sacrificed after the experiment
• examples: The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment
7. sell at a loss
8. make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals